of the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American.
In the fall of 2025, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley enrolled 35,812 students, making it the ninth-largest university in the state of Texas and the fourth largest (student enrollment) academic institution in the University of Texas system. In 2018, UTRGV was also one of the largest universities in the U.S. to have a majority Hispanic student population; 89.2% of its students are Hispanic, virtually all of them Mexican Americans.
It was classified in 2020 among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
== History ==
On December 6, 2012, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a proposal to merge the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas at Brownsville into a new university. In June 2013, the governor of Texas Rick Perry signed legislation creating the university. In December 2013, the UT System Board of Regents voted to name the university the University of Texas …
